Radially averaged power spectrum of 2D real-valued matrix

Computes and plots radially averaged PSD of 2-D real matrix with a given spatial resolution.

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The radially averaged power spectrum (RAPS) is the direction-independent mean spectrum, i.e. the average of all possible directional power spectra. The radially averaged power spectrum provides a convenient means to view and compare information contained in 2-D spectra in 1-D. This function computes and plots the RAPS of an input matrix (does not consider corner values outside averaging radius). The image can be rectangular but must be 2-D (e.g., multi-color channel data is not supported). The spatial resolution of the data is also specified.

Cite As

Evan Ruzanski (2026). Radially averaged power spectrum of 2D real-valued matrix (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23636-radially-averaged-power-spectrum-of-2d-real-valued-matrix), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.5.0.0

Clarified restrictions on input to the file description (e.g., multi-channel data from JPG, etc. is not supported)

1.4.0.0

Added feature to handle odd/even dimensionality differences of input matrix

1.3.0.0

Fixed bug in x-axis of plot; preallocated memory for axes label cells; removed minor ticks from y-axis; cleaned up comments.

1.2.0.0

Rectangular matrices can now be input; spatial resolution can be specified.

1.1.0.0

The radially averaged power spectrum provides a convenient means to view and compare information contained in 2D spectra in 1D.

1.0.0.0